Next CGPC Meeting

The next Parish Council Meeting will be held in the Willoughby Memorial Gallery on Wednesday 8^th October 2025 at 7.30pm

The Meeting will begin with a fifteen-minute Open Forum which all residents are invited to attend.

Agenda

1.      Apologies for absence and reasons given.

2.      District and County Councillors’ Reports – for information only.
Chairman’s update and announcement.

3.      Draft Minutes of the meeting of the Council held on Wed 10^th September 2025 to be approved as the minutes.

4.      To receive any declarations of interest in accordance with the requirements of the Localism Act 2011, and to consider any requests for dispensations in respect of DPI’s.

5.      Review of Actions Log.

6.     Clerk’s & Chairman’s reports on matters outstanding:

01 Neighbourhood Planning, Local Plan & Conservation area – update
02 S106 funds from new developments – update
03 (04) Issues associated with the new housing estates – update
04 (07) Agee process for obtaining / distributing sandbags
05 (08) Location / emptying of rubbish bins throughout the village
06 (14) Consider First Aid / defib training

7.     Matters to be resolved:

07 Agree appropriate action to resolve email issues

08 Confirm responsibilities re Remembrance Sunday
09 Consider action regarding new bus stops on Swinstead / Bourne Road re new houses
10 Update on Christmas Matters
11 Data from SIDs – update on statistics

8.      Reports from:      

Planning: to consider planning applications received prior to & after publication of the agenda:
S22/0731 Allison Homes / S21/1841 David Wilson Homes / S22/1808 Nott’m Housing Assoc’n)
S25/1543/4 Mr Harwood – 1 Irnham Road – Extension / Listed Building Consent

Greens Working Group:
12 Playground Equipment Maintenance – current situation and actions required

9.     Payments and Accounts:

       (i) Bank balances
(ii) Invoices for payment – to approve payments to be made on the list attached

10.  Matters to be further discussed at the meeting:

13 Consider the final external auditor report and decide what, if any, action is required.
14 Consider request for access to the back of the old bakehouse.

15 Consider tree works associated with 1a Station Road

11.  To confirm date of the next meeting, currently scheduled for Wednesday 12^th November 2025
at 7.30pm, in the Willoughby Gallery, Corby Glen.

Opening Bank balance from 1^st September 2025

£6,368.43

Income received on bank statement:
Sheep Fair Committee – Share of web hosting

£101.94

Invoices cleared on bank statement:
S. Woodman – clerk’s wages
S. Woodman – clerk’s expenses
HMRC – clerk’s PAYE
CDPC – Community cleaner
M Sanderson – Web site maintenance
Malc Firth – Grass Cutting
RoSPA Playground inspection
Mrs Partridge – Painting
PKF Littlejohn – External Audit

£311.98
£26.00
£78.00
£196.28
£60.00
£273.40
£124.80
£98.00
£252.00

Closing Bank Balance 30^th September 2025

£5.050.11

Payments to be authorised/cleared:
S. Woodman – clerk’s wages
S. Woodman – clerk’s expenses
HMRC – clerk’s PAYE
CDPC – Community cleaner
M Sanderson – Web site maintenance
Malc Firth – Grass Cutting (May)

£311.78
£26.00
£78.00
£196.28
£60.00
£273.40

Estimated remaining NatWest bank balance
(excluding all Funds)

£4,104.65
£4,419.91

Reserve Account
Previous Balance
Transferred in this period
Transferred out this period
Interest (3 months: July, Aug, Sept)
Current Balance

£20,113.25
£0.00
£0.00
££115.53
£20,228.64

Phone Box Area Fund (NISA)
Donation received + VAT Refunds
Previous costs
New costs
Remaining:

£791.79
£643.73
£0.00
£148.06